June 29, 2001

Bush Nominates Marburger For OSTP Director

President Bush June 25 announced his intention to nominate John H. Marburger, III, Ph.D., to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), a position also referred to as the Presidential Science Advisor. Currently director of the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and president of Brookhaven Science Associates, Dr. Marburger served as professor and president of the State University of New York at Stony Brook from 1980 - 1994, and professor of physics and electrical engineering from 1994 - 1997. Dr. Marburger holds a BA in physics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford University. The nomination will be forwarded to the Senate for confirmation.